Thus Far

I thought I would give you all a look at what we've been up to recently. Although the program has just started, we've been up to quite a bit everyday. Everything can be a little difficult at times, and once in a while I find myself feeling really overwhelmed, but at the end of the day I really value my time here. God is really just working through a number of things as we go through the 101: The Art of Hearing God. We also started reading one of John Paul's books, Breaking Free of Rejection. It's quite a powerful book and honestly, I really didn't think I had an issue with that. But I've found it to be really good and helpful. I really think its worth the read, even if you think you have no issues in that area, you'd be surprised.

Tonight we had a guest speaker all the way from Africa! Samuel is a pastor in Kenya and his message was so good. I really loved Samuel's passion for not only Jesus, but for the word of God. I'm not sure I've ever met someone who loved the Bible and God's word as much as Samuel. It was really good to hear a lot of what he was saying. Most if it was things that I had already head before but for some reason I saw it in a new light. It's like I had finally gotten it, finally believed it. I took notes like crazy so maybe after going over them a few times I might add some tidbits of what Samuel shared tonight.

Tomorrow we have morning prayer (which I actually really like) and then we start up again with the 101 class. We started on Tuesday and we'll be having it 2 days a week until we finish up with it. Joni Cooper has been teaching it and its been interesting. I hadn't heard her teach before and she's a good teacher. I took the 101 quite a long time ago, almost 4 years ago so I'm pretty familiar with the material, but now that I'm older and I've experienced so much more as far as ministry goes, I'm really able to understand it and get so much more out of it. When I was younger it built a good foundation but now its so much more than that.

It feels really good to be here, knowing that this is where God wants me. Although I still might struggle with things, God has grace for us because we've been obedient in coming. The process of getting here wasn't easy, but if this is what God really wants for me, than there's no place I'd rather be. Although sometimes I feel all out of sorts as God totally rearranges everything in me, I'm happy and just so thankful.